By Charlotte Wells on SwimSwam
British Olympic swimming medalists Anna Hopkin and Luke Greenbank announced their engagement on Instagram earlier this week.
“Little life update…” Hopkin wrote under the post, adding the date of their engagement as she showcased her ring.
The swimming power couple has been together for almost four years, first going public on social media in November 2021.
Hopkin made her Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games, where she was part of Great Britain’s gold medal-winning mixed 4×100 medley relay. In addition to bringing home a gold medal, she also placed 5th in the women’s 4×100 free relay and 7th in the 100 free in Tokyo.
Hopkin competed in Paris last summer, but did not pick up any medals at the 2024 Olympics. Her highest placing performances were the mixed 4×100 medley relay and the women’s 4×100 free relay, finishing 7th in both, while she placed 10th in the 50 free and 11th in the 100 free.
A fellow member of Team GB, Greenbank also made his Olympic debut in Tokyo, where he picked up two medals. He earned silver as part of the men’s 4×100 medley relay and won bronze in the 200 back.
Greenbank’s performance in Tokyo made him the first British athlete to win an Olympic medal in the men’s 200 back.
He clocked another first for Team GB two years earlier in 2019, having helped bring home his country’s first gold medal in the men’s 4×100 medley relay at the World Championships in Gwangju.
The pair have been making waves on the international racing scene for several years now, racking up plenty of hardware between the two of them. Together, Greenbank and Hopkin have accumulated three Olympic medals, six World Championships medals, 11 European Championships medals and eight Commonwealth Games medals. That tally includes nine golds, seven silver and 13 bronze medals.
Hopkin attended the University of Bath before transferring to the University of Arkansas in 2018 for her junior and senior year. While swimming for the Razorbacks, she broke six individual team records and two relay records.
Hopkin was recognized with an MBE at the 2022 New Year Honours for services to swimming.
Hopkin announced her retirement from competitive swimming back in December, while Greenbank is still an active competitor for Great Britain and raced at the World Championships in Singapore a few weeks ago, where he placed 8th in the 200 back.
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